State Court of Appeals / Ala. Crim. App.

Rutledge v. State

Decided April 28, 1987. John Malcolm Patterson wrote the opinion for the court.

523 So. 2d 1087 · Cited 105 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

People v. Davenport · 710 P.2d 861
People v. Rodriguez · 726 P.2d 113
Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
Whisenhant v. State · 482 So. 2d 1225
Beck v. State · 396 So. 2d 645
Cochran v. State · 500 So. 2d 1161
People v. Szabo · 447 N.E.2d 193
Beecher v. State · 320 So. 2d 727
Clisby v. State · 456 So. 2d 99
Berger v. United States · 295 U.S. 78
Ex Parte Harrell · 470 So. 2d 1309
People v. Ramirez · 457 N.E.2d 31
Ex Parte Waldrop · 459 So. 2d 959
Coulter v. State · 438 So. 2d 336
Ex Parte Johnson · 399 So. 2d 873
Morgan County Commission v. Powell · 293 So. 2d 830
Hubbard v. State · 215 So. 2d 261
Murry v. State · 455 So. 2d 53
Eaton v. State · 177 So. 2d 444
Moreland v. State · 469 So. 2d 1305
Argo v. State · 213 So. 2d 244
Walker v. State · 84 So. 2d 383
State v. Buck · 670 S.W.2d 600
Ex Parte Womack · 435 So. 2d 766
Ex Parte Cochran · 500 So. 2d 1179

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Smith v. State · 698 So. 2d 189
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